Ornamentation



May 16, 1944. E. WHITE ORNAMENTATION Filed Dec. 24, 1943 2 Sheets-Sheet l Ezra .Z W/H'fe,

May 16, 1944. E. L. WHlTE 2,349,065

ORNAMEN'IATION Filed Dec. 24 1943 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 4 gay Patented May 16, 1944 UNITED STATES FATENT OFFICE 7 Claims.

This invention relates to the art of ornamentation, and has more particular reference to an improved method of providing a granite or other stone memorial monument or grave marker with a rosary design, and the product of such method.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a stone monument with a rosary design that will be pleasing and realistic in appearance, as well as durable and long-lasting.

The invention consists in the novel method and product thereof hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and claimed.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary elevatlonal view of a monument provided with a rosary design in accordance with the present invention.

Figure 2 is an enlarged fragmentary section taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 2, showing a modification of the invention.

Figure 4 is another view similar to Figure 2, showing a further modification; and

Figures 5 to 8 inclusive are further sectional detail views, respectively showing further modifications.

In Figure 1, I have shown a stone monument 5 having a large leaf or flower and cross design 6 cut or otherwise suitably provided thereon, and further having a small rosary design provided thereon in accordance with the present invention, the rosary design having the appearance of being draped over the cross of the larger leaf or flower and cross design,

As is well known, a rosary consists of a neck-.

lace I composed of alternating spherical and tubular beads 8 and 9 strung on a chain or cord. and a pendant l0 depending from the necklace and including a string of the alternating spherical and tubular beads terminating with a cross I I.

In accordance with the present invention, the rosary design is cut or sandblown in the surface of the stone so as to provide the design of the necklace and of the string of the pendant in said surface in the form of hemispherical pockets I2 alternating with and connected by shallower narrow elongated channels or grooves I3. The design of the cross ll of the pendant is similarly provided by cutting or sandblasting crossed channels I4 in the surface of the stone.

I then fill the pockets and channels so as to give the bead and cross design a pleasing and realistic appearance. As shown in Figures 1 and 2, separate bead and cross members made of glass, metal or other suitable material may be set in the pockets and channels and anchored in place by cement 15 or like material. If the bead members are of spherical and cylindrical form, respectively, they will project from the pockets and channels and have a most realistic appearance. as shown in Figure 2. The same efiect may apply to the cross I I, as also shown in this figure.

However, as shown in Figures 3 to 6 inclusive, the beads and cross may be formed integral by filling the pockets and channels with softened plastic or molten material which hardens upon exposure to air or cooling. This material may be anchored in place by flowing into inclined anchoring sockets It provided in the bottoms of the pockets and channels as shown in Figures 3 and 6, and the material may be raised above the surface of the stone as shown in Figures 3 and 5, or smoothed ofi flush with such surface as shown in Figures 4 and 6. In Figures 4 and 5, the sockets i6 are omitted, and the surfaces of the pockets and channels are left rough so that the material will anchor therein.

As shown in Figures 7 and 8, raised spherical beads may be simulated by anchoring separate semi-spherical bead members IT to the bead portions 8, of the poured plastic or molten material, in the forms of Figures 4 and 6, wherein the material is flush with surface of the stone. These members I! may have eyes It! (Figure 7) or screws I9 (Figure 8), embedded in the material as anchoring elements.

From the foregoing description, the invention and its advantages will be readily understood and appreciated. It will be evident that the invention effectively carries out the stated objects thereof.

What I claim is:

l. The herein-described method of providing a stone memorial monument with a rosary design, which method consists in cutting the design in the surface of the stone so as to provide hemispherical pockets alternating with and connected by shallower narrow semi-cylindrical channels to form the necklace and pendant string of the design, and crossed channels to form the cross of the pendant, and filling said pockets and channels.

2. The herein-described method of providing a stone memorial monument with a rosary design, which method consists in cutting the design in the surface of the stone so as to provide hemispherical pockets alternating with and connected by shallower narrow semi-cylindrical channels to form the necklace and pendant string of the design, and crossed channels to form the cross of the pendant, and filling said pockets and channels respectively with separate spherical and cylindrical bead members and a cross member, and anchoring said members in place.

3. The herein-described method of providing a stone memorial monument with a rosary design, which method consists in cutting the design in the surface of the stone so as to provide hemispherical pockets alternating with and connected by shallower narrow semi-cylindrical channels to form the necklace and pendant string of the design, and crossed channels to form the cross of the pendant, and filling said pockets and channels by pouring suitable self-hardening material therein to form integral bead members and an integral cross member.

4. The herein-described method of providing a stone memorial monument with a rosary design,

which method consists in cutting the design in the surface of the stone so as to provide hemispherical pockets alternating with and connected by shallower narrow semi-cylindrical channels to form the necklace and pendant string of the design, and crossed channelsto form the cross of the pendant, forming inclined sockets in the bottoms of the pockets and channels, and filling the pockets and channels with material which flows into the sockets for anchoring it in place.

5, A stone memorial monument having a rosary design cut in the surface thereof so as to provide hemi-spherical pockets alternating with and connected by shallower narrow semi-cylindrical channels to form the necklace and pendant string of the design, and crossed channels to form the cross of the pendant, in combination with a filling in said pockets and channels.

6. A stone memorial monument having a rosary design cut in the surface thereof so as to provide hemi-spherical pockets alternating with and connected by shallower narrow semi-cylindrical channels to form the necklace and pendant string of the design, and crossed channels to form the cross of the pendant, in combination with a filling in said pockets and chanl5 nels, said filling comprising separate spherical and cylindrical bead members and a cross member, and means anchoring said members in place.

'I. A stone memorial monument having a rosary design cut in the surface thereof so as to provide hemi-spherical pockets alternating with and connected by shallower narrow semi-cylindrical channels to form the necklace and pendant string of the design, and crossed channels to form the cross of the pendant, in combination with a filling in said pockets and channels composed of self -hardening material flush with the surface of the monument, and separate hemi-spherical bead members disposed upon and anchored to the material in said pockets.

EZRA LOUIS WHITE. 

